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July Programs for Teens
Summer Reading 2025 is Here! You can sign up now for Summer Reading: Color Our World! With Beanstack you can sign up online, or you can visit us at the Library and track your reading on paper. Your final goal is 1500 pages, but you earn prizes for every 500 pages you...
“Snowed Inn” by Kate Palmer, as enjoyed by librarian Vivian Milius
Snowed Inn by Kate Palmer My rating: 3 of 5 stars Three years have lapsed since Jayne watched Forrest board a plane and step out of her life....
February Kid Kraft
Chinese New Year falls on February 8 this year and it is the Year of the Monkey, so.... children ages 6 - 8 are invited to join us in "monkey'ing...
“The Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook” by Jessamyn Rodriguez
I almost hate to draw attention to this book - because then someone else will want it, and I'll have to bring it back. For the past few weeks, I've...
February’s Teen Crafts
On Thursday, February 4 we are making gift boxes for Valentine's Day gifts, and then later in the month, on Thursday February 18, we will make...
Coloring for Grown-Ups
Coloring isn't for kids anymore. Grown-ups, leave the kids home and bring your coloring books, crayons, pencils, markers for an evening of grown up...
Family Read-aloud Challenge
try Frances Hodgson Burnett ! Little Lord Fauntleroy A Little Princess The Lost Prince Racketty-Packetty House The Secret Garden
No Krafts for December
There will be no Kid Krafts for the Month of December. Come to our Christmas Extravaganza instead, and meet Santa Claus!
‘Tis the Season to be Reading!
Seasonal books for children can be found by the fish tank in the children’s section Wrap up a dozen seasonal picture books in inexpensive gift-wrap...
“The Color of Magic” by Terry Pratchett
When Terry Pratchett passed away earlier this year, I decided it was time to explore his Discworld universe. It turns out, it was way past time....
Upcoming Craft Days
December 3: Goldfish Ornaments No craft on December 17 Craft dates for Jan: 1/7 and 1/21 – What we’re making has yet to be decided.
“The Forsyte Saga” by John Galsworthy
One of the greatest works of literature, there's a reason why Mr. Galsworthy won the Nobel Prize for Literature for this work. An epic saga of a...
JUMPSTART READ for the RECORD 2015 Story Time — UNUSUAL PETS !
Every year JUMPSTART sponsors a Read for the Record event. They select a title and invite anyone to host an event to read it aloud to a group of...
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- Saturday: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
- Sunday: CLOSED
Closures in 2026
- January 1 – New Year’s Day
- January 19 – Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
- February 16 – Presidents Day
- April 3 – Staff Development Day
- April 4 – Building Maintenance
- May 23-25 – Memorial Day
- June 19 – Juneteenth
- July 3-4 – Independence Day
- August 7-September 7 – Shelving Upgrade
- September 5-7 – Labor Day
- October 3 – Building Maintenance
- November 11 – Veterans Day
- November 25 – Closing at 5:00 pm
- November 26-28 – Thanksgiving
- December 24-26 – Christmas
- December 31 – New Year’s Eve
- January 1, 2027 – New Year’s Day
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